ITS CANNES TIME!! One of my favorite film festival because of that majesty stairs I want to kiss. lol. After Sundance, Berlinale, SXSW, and now tribeca Film festival. It's time for Cannes to annouce their list. My favoritelady Ingrid Bergman was chosen as the poster lady. amazing
The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen have been announced as the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It's the first time that two people will chair the jury. Since the Coen brothers will each get a separate vote, they will be joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel. French actor Lambert Wilson has been announced as the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
Official selection
Competition
The films competing for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 16 April 2015.[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dheepan (working title) | Dheepan (working title) | Jacques Audiard | France |
| A Simple Man | La Loi du marché | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Marguerite and Julien | Marguerite et Julien | Valérie Donzelli | France |
| The Tale of Tales | Il racconto dei racconti | Matteo Garrone | Italy, France, United Kingdom |
| Carol | Carol | Todd Haynes | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Assassin | 聶隱娘 Nie Yin Niang | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 Shan He Gu Ren | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Our Little Sister | 海街diary Umimachi Diary | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | United Kingdom, France, United States |
| The Lobster | The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| Mon roi | Mon roi | Maïwenn | France |
| Mia madre | Mia madre | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Son of Saul* | Saul Fia | László Nemes | Hungary |
| Youth | La giovinezza | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy |
| Louder Than Bombs | Louder Than Bombs | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, United States |
| The Sea of Trees | The Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Sicario | Sicario | Denis Villeneuve | United States |
Un Certain Regard
The following films will compete in the Un Certain Regard section.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Away Solo* | Masaan | Neeraj Ghaywan | India |
| Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland |
| Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 Kishibe no tabu | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| I Am a Soldier* | Je suis un soldat | Laurent Larivière | France |
| The High Sun | Zvizdan | Dalibor Matanić | Croatia, Slovenia |
| The Other Side | The Other Side | Roberto Minervini | United States, Italy |
| One Floor Below | Un etaj mai jos | Radu Muntean | Romania |
| The Shameless | 무뢰한 Mue-Ro-Han | Oh Seung-uk | South Korea |
| The Chosen Ones | Las elegidas | David Pablos | Mexico |
| Nahid* | ناهید Nahid | Ida Panahandeh | Iran |
| The Treasure | Comoara | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
| The Fourth Direction | Chauthi Koot | Gurvinder Singh | India |
| Madonna | 마돈나 | Shin Su-won | South Korea |
| Maryland | Maryland | Alice Winocour | France |
Out of competition
The following films have been selected to screen out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | Australia, United States |
| La Tête haute (opening film) | La Tête haute | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| Irrational Man | Irrational Man | Woody Allen | United States |
| The Little Prince | The Little Prince | Mark Osborne | France |
| Inside Out | Inside Out | Pete Docter and Ronaldo del Carmen | United States |
- Midnight screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | Amy | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| Office* | 오피스 Opiseu | Hong Won-chan | South Korea |
- Special screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalte | Asphalte | Samuel Benchetrit | France |
| Oka | Oka | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| Hayored lema'ala* | היורד למעלה | Elad Keidan | Israel |
| A Tale of Love and Darkness* | סיפור על אהבה וחושך Sipur al ahava ve choshech | Natalie Portman | Israel |
| Amnesia | Amnesia | Barbet Schroeder | Switzerland, France |
| Panama* | Panama | Pavle Vučković | Serbia |
Short film
Out of 4,550 entries, the following films have been selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waves '98 | موج ٩٨ Moug 98 | Ely Dagher | Lebanon, Qatar |
| The Guests | The Guests | Shane Danielsen | Australia |
| Tuesday | Salı | Ziya Demirel | Turkey, France |
| Sunday Lunch | Le Repas dominical | Céline Devaux | France |
| Love Is Blind | Love Is Blind | Dan Hodgson | United Kingdom |
| Ave Maria | Ave Maria | Basil Khalil | Palestine, France, Germany |
| Buddy | Copain | Jan Roosens and Raf Roosens | Belgum |
| Patriot | Patriot | Eva Riley | United Kingdom |
| Present Imperfect | Presente imperfecto | Iair Said | Argentina |
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 1,600 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing a Spanish film school has been selected.[13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughterhouse | کشتارگاه Koshtargah | Behzad Azadi | Art University of Tehran, Iran |
| The Magnetic Nature | El ser mágnetico | Mateo Bendesky | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| Share | Share | Pippa Bianco | AFI Directing Workshop for Women, USA |
| Manoman | Manoman | Simon Cartwright | National Film and Television School, UK |
| Victor XX | Victor XX | Ian Garrido López | ESCAC, Spain |
| The Return of Erkin | возвращение Эркин Vozvrashenie Erkina | Maria Guskova | High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia |
| Leonardo | Leonardo | Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, and Raphaëlle Plantier | MOPA (formerly Supinfocom-Arles), France |
| Lost Queens | Locas perdidas | Ignacio Juricic Merillán | Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile |
| Tsunami | Tsunami | Sofie Kampmark | The Animation Workshop, Denmark |
| Retriever | Retriever | Tomáš Klein and Tomáš Merta | FAMU Prague, Czech Republic |
| The Wheel of Emotions | Les Chercheurs | Aurélien Peilloux | La Fémis, France |
| Absent | Abwesend | Eliza Petkova | dffb, Germany |
| Ten Buildings Away | Asara rehovot mea etsim | Miki Polonski | Minshar for Art, Israel |
| 14 Steps | Четырнадцать шагов | Maksim Shavkin | Moscow School of New Cinema, Russia |
| Amphibian | Anfibio | Héctor Silva Núñez | EICTV, Cuba |
| To Return Until | Ainahan ne palaa | Salla Sorri | Aalto University-ELO Film School Helsinki Finland |
| Paradise | Het Paradijs | Laura Vandewynckel | RITS School of Arts Brussels, Belgium |
| Under the Sun | 日光之下 Ri guang zhi xia | Qiu Yang | The VCA, Film & TV School, Melbourne University, Australia |
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The Anarchists, directed by Elie Wajeman, has been selected as the opening film for the International Critics' Week section.[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Anarchists | Les Anarchistes | Elie Wajeman | France |
Directors' Fortnight
In the Shadow of Women, directed by Philippe Garrel, has been selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight section.[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the Shadow of Women | L'Ombre des femmes | Philippe Garrel | France |
| My Golden Years | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Arabian Nights[15] | As 1001 Noites | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
Juries
Main competition
- Un Certain Regard[edit]Joel and Ethan Coen, American film directors (Presidents)
- Isabella Rossellini, Italian-American actress (President)[16]
Cinéfondation and short films
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian film director (President)
International Critics' Week
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director (President)
- Katell Quillévéré, French film director
- Peter Suschitzky, English cinematographer
- Andréa Picard, Canadian film curator and critic
- Boyd van Hoeij, France-based Dutch film critic
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